You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 972 2003 Lottery Draw (Debt Repayment! 89)

Chapter 975 2003 Lottery Draw

The 2003 lottery was held in New York at Madison Square Garden, which had just experienced a fiasco.

Mo Mengchen and Dumas appeared on stage.

This time was different from the last time. Last time, Mo Mengchen was waiting for the result at the stadium, and Dumars went in to draw lots. This time, it was the other way around.

Waiting for the results at the Dumas Stadium, Mo Mengchen went to draw lots as a team representative.

Mo Mengchen and Dumas stepped into the garden.

Seeing the man who personally defeated the Knicks come here again, but does not wear a uniform, does not play games, and wears a suit and ties. Who would have thought how cold-blooded he is on the court?

The Knicks, who went home to fish, did not qualify for the event.

The teams that can attend are weak teams with a bleak future and lack of talent. A team like the Pistons, which has won four consecutive championships and has the best 77 wins in history this season, is actually going to participate in the lottery. Gives people the feeling of "every night is coming".

"Dor.Mo, please come with me." The staff of the alliance said.

Mo Mengchen looked at Dumas.

The big brother cast a relaxed look: "Don't think too much, it's not a big deal."

"Wish me luck." Mo Mengchen said.

After all, my luck has not been very good.

Led by the staff of Mo Mengchen, he entered the lottery room.

In other words, the touch room is more appropriate.

In the Stern era, there were three major reforms in the lottery draw: starting in 87, the lottery only drew the top three, and the order of the draft after that was arranged in reverse order of results; starting in 90, it changed from drawing envelopes to small balls, The probability of winning the lottery for different teams is no longer the same. The team with the worse record has a higher probability of winning the lottery; since 94, the combination of small balls has changed from 66 to 1000, and the probability of teams has become more differentiated .

Such an approach caused dissatisfaction among some people.

Spurs head coach Popovich once strongly demanded that all lottery teams have the same odds, to reward teams with better records, and to prevent bad performance.

Some people also believe that in the NBA after excessive military expansion, the talent pool is smaller than the team needs, and it is impossible for all teams to be competitive. Some teams must become bad teams, and they should be protected.

Before the thirteen team representatives touched the ball, a representative of the league came. He was wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Judging from his skin, he was not very old, but because of his baldness, he did not look young. His face was pale and his eye sockets were sunken. With this makeup, if there is a film crew who wants to shoot vampires, this gentleman is very suitable to be an anonymous member of a vampire family. You don't need to speak, just stand by the side, and the audience will definitely be impressed by him.

Mo Mengchen knew who he was——Adam Silver, the future president, the man behind the small ball storm, the villain who ruined Stern's heyday, and the Chinese fans wanted him to die.

This is Mo Mengchen's only impression of Xiao Hua.

When Xiao Hua came to power in his previous life, Mo Mengchen was no longer interested in the NBA. He only took a few glances in his spare time, and he had heard about the deeds of the new president to some extent.

"The rules of the lottery, I think all representatives are very clear." Xiao Hua said slowly, through his voice, you should know why Stern chose him as his successor.

Girls always prefer girls.

"The following are the serial numbers of the top three picks."

Number one lottery: 8, 25, 102, 333.

The first team representative to collect the above four sets of serial numbers will win a set of LeBron James spree.

Second pick: 12, 69, 242, 653.

Prospect lottery: 108, 369, 40, 521.

Xiao Hua said with a smile: "Please start."

The representatives of the Timberwolves team, which has a 25% probability of winning the No. [-] lottery, stepped forward to draw the lottery first.

The Timberwolves sent the Masked Man Hamilton. Generally, if you want to send players to draw lots, you will send the top player. From this, it can also be seen that the Timberwolves and Garnett have reached a point where it is difficult to stand at odds.

Soon, the Eagles' team representative also touched the first ball.

Mo Mengchen stepped forward and looked at the big vat full of balls, feeling very strange.

It is said that the alliance can manipulate the lottery, but if this is the case, what is drawn depends on luck, so what about manipulation?
Mo Mengchen put his hand in, and then felt other things, which seemed to happen naturally, but in fact, some balls would be sent to his palm actively.

It can be seen that this big cylinder with balls is by no means an ordinary glass cylinder.

There should be some kind of remote control device that can send the ball to the hands of the team representative.

This kind of feeling is difficult to detect, because there are too many balls inside, even if the ball is actively sent to the palm of the hand, it is difficult to detect because the touch is too dense.

Mo Mengchen's touch is extraordinary, which is closely related to his shooting talent. He accepted the gift from the league and directly pulled out the ball that was remotely controlled in his hand.

1
A completely useless set of serial numbers.

Mo Mengchen looked at Xiao Hua, who was smiling, as he treats everyone like this.

"This is a good start, Mo." Xiao Hua said.

"It means that we may get the first pick today?" Mo Mengchen put the ball back.

There are many rounds of drawing the ball, but each round is very fast. The team representatives lined up outside in a long line. After one person finishes drawing, the other immediately follows.

After an hour, the low-probability team had used up their chances.

Mo Mengchen has accepted gifts from the league about ten times, but the lottery balls drawn these ten times are all serial numbers that have nothing to do with the top three picks.

He begins to perceive the nature of gifting.

The ball that is actively sent to his hands will never help him draw the top three picks.

Everyone who draws a lottery has a fluke mentality and a free and easy "it's you".

We all love to play the game of wishing for the bait.

Stretch your hand into the big tank where you can't see the inside at all. Some balls roll into your hands automatically, and most people will pull them out.

Using this layer of psychology, the alliance can influence the result of the lottery to a certain extent.

Most people know this secret, but sometimes the alliance's gifts are good, and sometimes they are not.

It took Mo Mengchen ten chances to realize that the league didn't want the Pistons to draw a high draft pick.

Therefore, he does not put his hand in later, and draws the lottery ball directly on the top floor.

Through this method, Mo Mengchen won the 8 and 102 of the number one lottery.

There are also 12, 40 and 521 for the second pick.

Only one set of serial numbers is missing, and he can bring the team the second pick.

"Mo, how do you feel tonight?"

Hamilton and Mo Mengchen were the only players among the team representatives. If they wanted to find someone to understand the situation, they could only find each other.

Because it's just a lottery, there's nothing to hide, and they can't decide the outcome.

"I'm still short of a set of serial numbers to get the number one lottery," said the masked man.

Mo Mengchen also talked about his own situation.

"Good luck."

After a few more rounds, Mo Mengchen successively drew 108 and 40 in the flower lottery.

His luck was better than expected.

The No. [-] lottery and the No. [-] lottery are only two sets of serial numbers apart, while the No. [-] lottery is only one set away.

new round.

Hamilton returned without success, as can be known from the reaction on the scene and his expression.

The representative of the Eagles also walked in. Although nothing could be seen from the face, the alliance did not send any message, indicating that the Eagles also did not have a serial number.

"Mo, please."

Mo Mengchen walked in, looked at the big vat full of lotto balls, and looked at the staff of the league.

"It's really difficult today." Mo Mengchen stretched out his hand, but he didn't touch the ball on the upper floor like before.

This time, he stretched his hand directly to the bottom, and didn't let the league deliver the ball to him. He directly grabbed a ball and grabbed it quickly.

333
This is the serial number belonging to the number one lottery.

With this set of serial numbers, he is only 25 away from the No. [-] lottery.

"Congratulations, Mo." Xiao Hua smiled.

His smile was insincere, and Mo Mengchen could tell that the league didn't want the Pistons to pick the top three picks. This was obvious. They were already strong enough and didn't need to become stronger.

What the league wants is not for the Pistons to dominate. It is for the Pistons to maintain the status quo while another team of equal strength appears to compete with them.

Now, Mo Mengchen was lucky enough to draw 333, and the Pistons were only one set of serial numbers away from the No. [-] and No. [-] picks.

"It seems that you drew a good number." Hamilton couldn't help laughing when he saw Mo Mengchen's happy face.

"It's okay." Mo Mengchen immediately realized that he had underestimated the alliance's determination.

A new round begins

Hamilton entered the lottery room, and they were only one set of serial numbers away from the No. 333 lottery—[-].

He put his hand in, and the right hand that scored countless points on the court was surrounded by lottery balls. Hamilton was about to grab a ball, and suddenly, a ball from the bottom poured into his palm.

This kind of ball that fell into his hands actively, Hamilton would never refuse.

Like fishing, he caught the ball ugly.

He looked at it, blinked, blinked again, repeatedly confirmed that it was correct, yes, it was it.

333
Seeing this result, Xiao Hua smiled faintly: "Congratulations Timberwolves."

Subsequently, the lottery room spread the news that the Timberwolves had collected the No. 2003 pick, which indicated that the Timberwolves got the No. [-] lottery in [-].

Half a minute later, the news that the Timberwolves got the No. [-] pick appeared on the big screen at Madison Gardens.

LeBron James is beckoning to Minnesota.

Mo Mengchen realized that a famous historical super giant in the pantheon had completely changed his destiny because of his arrival.

What will the future hold?What kind of ups and downs can James, who joins the Timberwolves, set off?Will he still go out and hold a group because of the team's poor strength?Or rely on the immediate combat power accumulated by the Timberwolves over the years to achieve their own greatness?

Mo Mengchen didn't feel sorry for missing the No. [-] lottery. He thought that with his luck tonight, he should be able to win the top two picks.

He was wrong, very wrong.

Except for the Timberwolves, the ownership of the top three picks all exploded.

The Magic, which was predicted to be the seventh pick, had a big upset and drew the second pick.

The Warriors in the West are ahead of the Eagles and Pistons, and have the third pick with a very low probability.

The Eagles and Pistons were thus postponed and received the fourth and fifth picks respectively.

This is the draft in 2003, a well-planned show to suppress the powerful.

　It is expected to pay off the dues tomorrow, easily (typing with feet, extremely arrogant).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)